What I like so much about Halion Symphonic Orchestra, is that it's so tooled toward live keyboard players.
Full strings ensemble mapped across the keys, the option to control dynamics via velocity, velocity curves, etc...

I crave to know whether Iconica is also tooled toward live keyboard players and also has those features!
If that is the case, this is a great news!
HSO sounds good, but Iconica is few level above+HSO is lack in many instruments and articulations.
So if Iconica is as good as HSO for live playing, it would be an incredible upgrade for my keyboard rig!

The way they've setup key switches is pretty interesting, especially being able to fade between articulations.

Also it was interesting to discover that Cubase is capable of importing Expression Maps from the VSTi just like it can with Drum Maps. I was unable to find any other Halion presets that used Key Switches to see if anything besides Iconica can do this. As expected Kontakt doesn't do this. But it is a very cool feature that should make working with Expression Maps much easier.